Students from around the world calculated their class mean and standard deviations for their footprints and posted them on our world map.
Do you see differences across the globe? If so, why do you think those differences exist?
Did you use the calculator to try to reduce your footprint down to the average from a citizen of another country? What changes would you have to make to lower your footprint in this way? Are you going to try and take some of these actions in your daily life?
Student Footprints >
High Carbon Footprint
Even if you think that you are doing a good job of keeping carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, most of us aren't. There is many things that you do in your every day life that either put carbon dioxide into the air directly(driving) or indirectly or through the creation(meat). How do you think that you can reduce YOUR carbon dioxide emissions.
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Eating less meat and buying more energy efficient appliances may help, although you are indirectly causing more CO2 emissions because of the factory process used to create it. Traveling less would be beneficial, as well.